While the list includes some personal favorites (Left Fork Grill, El Chubasco),
the headline is somewhat misleading because the list has restaurants from along
the entire Wasatch Front (and back)-- Davis, Weber, and Summit counties are
represented as well as the farther SLC suburbs (Sandy, West Jordan).

The list is a good idea, but it could benefit from some explicit criteria for
its key terms: "cheap" and "best." Is it dinner entrees under
$10? Is it dinner for two with shared appetizer and dessert and two entrees for
under $30? Does "best" mean overall positive ratings from the online
review sites cited or is it the personal taste of the writer? Are
franchises/chains included or excluded? (Cafe Rio and Crown Burger made the
cut, but why not the equally affordable Barbacoa?) What is the acceptable
tradeoff between cost and quality? More quantitative information is needed.

I'd add the Koko Kitchen. Also the Over the Counter Cafe, the Park
Cafe, and Mahider.

They are VERY spicy. When you go
to Tea Rose Diner, they will ask you how spicy you want it, from a scale of 1 to
10 (10 being the most spicy.) I urge you to not overestimate the spiciness of
their food. I love spicy food, and always get the spiciest items on any menu.
But when I went to Tea Rose Diner the first time, I ordered a 5 on the spicy
scale, and it about killed me. The next time I went, I ordered a 2, which was a
little too much spicy for even me, who loves food "hot and spicy". If
you don't like food hot and spicy, get a 0 or 1.

Their food is
great. I love it - but don't ruin it by underestimating their spicy scale.

A great addition to this great article would be to have a printable list of all
the restaurants. I've been to several of these, already, and it would be
nice to have a list handy, if I were ever in the area!

The burger Bar is Insane! If you have never been there do yourself a favor and
head up to Roy on a saturday afternoon. That Elk Burger is excellent. The fries
are good, and the shakes stand their ground.

I am a cheap-eats connoisseur and these are not the 25 cheapest places to eat in
Salt Lake City. I have eaten in 11 of these 25 places and enjoyed them (Adobos
and Enjoy top that list). But they are not all cheap, you will spend $9-15 per
person to get a meal. Here is my top cheap-eats list:

1. Taco stands
at 800 South and State Street (2 tacos for $1.50 or a huge burrito for
$3.00).2. Any Betos (Albertos, Guadalbertos, Betos, etc). A huge burrito
for $4.503. Sweet Ginger in Midvale. Any entree for $4.99 after 9 pm.
and it will feed 2 people.4. Most hamburger chains have a dollar menu.5. KFC offers a daily lunch special for less than $5.6. La Autentica
in WVC - you can get pretty full for under $7.7. Cafe Zupas - sandwich
and soup for under $8. 8. Cafe Guanaco in WVC. Great pupusas, dinner
plate for $5.99.9. Any sushi place with 50% off rolls.10. Any
Groupon, City Weekly, KSL deal - I mean, why pay more than you have to?

@Lagomorph, That's a great point. The list isn't based on my personal
tastes, but the customer review aggregator on Urbanspoon.com. Franchises are
certainly included in the running. As far as price goes, that's a good
point. It gets tricky because the label of "cheap" is also something
that is up to the discretion of the reviewers. These restaurants are classified
as cheap because most of their customers consider them to be so. I agree though,
it's worth looking into.

@UtahDemocrat, the idea was to
identify the best affordable restaurants in the greater Salt Lake area, but I
can see your point. If we had included all of Utah, the list would have been
quite different. This was meant to be a reference for anyone visiting/living in
or around SLC.

@Poqui, the purpose of the list isn't just point
our readers to cheap food, but cheap food that gets strong reviews from
customers.

3 fast food joints identified as restaurants.Don't know what the
criteria was to make the list but if you want cheap eats why not include
In-N-Out Burger to the list.Also, Five Guys is not cheap, Ten bucks
minimum for an average burger, NO WAY

I'm surprised that Red Iguana didn't make the cut. They must have
reasonable prices or else the one on North Temple wouldn't be packed every
night. There is always a long line of people waiting to get in.

Five guys is perhaps
the most over-priced burger place their is. They taste decent but if anything
at all they are expensive. Next time $8 plus for burger and fries will be cheap
is about 20 years from now.